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THAT WAS AT THE REGULAR MEETING AT THE CITY OF SANTO CITY COMMISSION.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
UM, THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT'S ABSENT RIGHT NOW IS, UH, COMMISSIONER DEBRA MORALES.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, UH, TO THE US FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG.
THAT'S GONNA BE DONE BY, UH, IDEA SCHOOL.
WHAT IS IT? THE ORGANIZATION, UH, CADETS TO EXPLAIN.
SO THE ORGANIZATION BASICALLY FOCUSES ON, UH, AN IDEA SINCE IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL, IT DOESN'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OR, UM, CLASSY, UH, CLASSIFIED ROTC PROGRAM.
I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO, SO BASICALLY ME AND MR. MORA, UM, TOOK THIS YEAR TO TRY TO BUILD A FOUNDATION OF DISCIPLINE THROUGH MILITARY ACTS AND SERVICES AT IDEA STARTING AT SAN BENITO.
SO THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS, JUST TRYING TO GET INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW, SHOWCASE THE ACTS OF SERVICE IN TERMS OF MILITARY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, BEING THAT IT'S, UH, WAS PRESIDENT'S DAY RECENTLY.
SO WE, WE INVITED THE, THE GROUP TO COME AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
I PLED ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY BEING AND JUSTICE FOR HONOR TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE, ONE LITTLE BIT.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE TODAY IN THIS SETTING.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THESE YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US TODAY AND PRAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE STRONG, AND BE LED IN THE DIRECTIONS THAT WILL HELP THEM CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATNESS OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND WE DO FEEL THAT GREATNESS, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF IT AND BE ABLE TO, TO EXERCISE OUR FREEDOMS AS WE DO AT THIS TIME.
IN THIS MEETING, WE PRAY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND, AND CIVIL AND RIGHT TONES, AND THAT OUR UNDERSTANDINGS WILL RUN DEEP, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE PRAY FOR THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND FOR OUR EVENT, AND PRAY THAT THINGS WILL GO WELL AND WE PRAY CONTINUALLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, MY NAME IS MR. DANIEL MORA.
I AM A 12TH GRADE TEACHER AT ID SANTO.
UH, THESE ARE SOME OF MY CADETS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM IS PRESENT TODAY DUE TO, UH, WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, JUST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, AND FOR EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING US IN HERE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST REAL PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
UM, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START, UH, BY SAYING THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A PSEUDO SIMILAR TO AN ROTC PROGRAM.
WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MILITARY FUNDING.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS KIND OF BASED ON OUR OWN AND WHATEVER THE SCHOOL DECIDES TO HELP US OUT WITH, UH, JUST FROM, FROM THE BEGINNING, I HAVE OUR COMPANY COMMANDER, MR. NOAH, OVER HERE IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
HE IS A SENIOR, SENIOR COMPANY COMMANDER.
WE HAVE, UH, THREE JUNIORS HERE JUST, UH, STARTING WITH, UH, ALDO ESPINOZA.
RIGHT? WE HAVE YAYEL ORTEGA, RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE PENA MUNOZ.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE CITY OF SAN BERNARD ALSO FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL AND THIS THANK YOU.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO BE DOING MORE FORMAL THINGS, UH, AS WE COME ALONG.
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THANK YOU, SIR.YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE
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UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY, WE HAVE A, AN OUTSTANDING EVENT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT OUR, OUR STAFF AND OTHERS HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO, TO, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I WANTED TO JUST TAKE JUST A SECOND AND KIND OF DESCRIBE SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, THE MAYOR HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE NEED TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
THE QUESTION BECOMES, HOW, WHAT DO WE DO TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD? WE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ANYTIME SOON, A RETAIL MEGA SHOPPING SPACE.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING
MAYBE FRED HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA AND HE'S NOT TELLING ME ALL THIS STUFF, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
MAYBE WE PROBABLY NOT BE ANY GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTER KIND OF THING.
I MEAN, MAYBE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOME AB ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN,
AND IT'S THAT HERITAGE THAT IN FROM WHICH WE CAN THEN LOOK TOWARDS BUILDING AND BECOMING A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE COME TO BE ENTERTAINED TO, TO FEEL THAT RICH HERITAGE HERE.
AND THAT BEGINS THIS WEEKEND WITH A LOT OF, SO IT DOESN'T BEGIN.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THE HOG WATTLE THIS WEEKEND.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT, FOR MOVING OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD IN A VERY DEFINED DIRECTION WITH THE, WITH THE GREAT STUFF THAT, THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE.
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL LOOK AND THAT'S PART OF THE VISION THAT IS FORMULATING OVER HERE AND, AND IN OUR STAFF AND IN OUR, OUR COMMISSION.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR TO WORKING TOGETHER AND TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
UH, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
UM, I WOULD ALSO, UM, UH, JUST COMMENT ON, I, I, I JUST CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.
AND, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE THIS, THIS WEEKEND IN HOG WALL EVENT.
AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD, WE HOPE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NEW, NEW MUSIC VENUE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE RETAIL, ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, THE AMPHITHEATER, THAT SOON WE'LL HAVE, UH, A GROUNDBREAKING WITH THAT.
SOON WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, A STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WHERE WE'LL OUTLINE THESE THINGS IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JUST HANG ON.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON AS YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY NOW, YOU SEE THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU SEE, SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR SAN BENITO.
WELL, AND, UH, AS Y'ALL SEE THAT THE, UH, THE HOT WALL, THERE'S GONNA BE A, WE HAVE, THERE SHOULD BE ALREADY ON THE, UH, WEBPAGE.
OUR WEBPAGE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THE SCHEDULE OF WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE, UH, ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 20TH, FROM SIX TO 10, IT'S GONNA BE THE CARNIVAL FAMILY NIGHT.
OKAY? ON FRIDAY, THE 21ST, FROM SIX TO 1130 AT SIX O'CLOCK.
YOU GOT THE CHEYENNE, YOU GOT THE, UH, BUCK CRAZY, UH, LOUIS, THE SINGER, AND, UH, RANDY ROGERS, THAT'S ON THE COUNTRY.
ON SATURDAY, YOU HAVE MORE JUNTO.
YOU GOT THE RE, UH, WRESTLING.
THAT'S, UH, FROM SIX TO, UH, 8:00 PM AT, UH, 6:00 PM YOU GOT THE, UH, MIA.
AND, UH, AT EIGHT YOU GOT THE ES.
AND AT 10 YOU GOT THE ES, LEON.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FEBRUARY THE 23RD, UH, FROM THREE TO 10.
UM, YOU HAVE A SCHOOL OF ROCK FROM THREE 30 TO SIX 30.
AND THEN, UH, SEVEN 30 IS, UH, WHISKEY D AND THEN EIGHT, YOU GOT THE THUNDER, UH, STRUCK.
SO THIS SCHEDULE SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBPAGE ALREADY.
UM, THIS IS ALL DONE FOR YOU ALL.
UH, SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
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COMMISSIONERS, ANY, ANY OTHER THINGS Y'ALL WANNA SAY? ANYTHING? YES.UH, STARTS FRIDAY AND DOES ALL THE JUDGING ON SATURDAY.
THE COOKOFF IS GONNA BE ON FRIDAY.
UH, THE ACTUAL COOKOFF EVENT, JUDGING HAPPENS ON SATURDAY.
IN FACT, UH, IN ORDER TO OPEN MORE SLOTS, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A WHOLE NEW PANEL OF JUDGES.
SO THE WAY IT WORKED OUT, IT WAS, UH, WE'D RATHER MAX OUT THAN TRY TO FILL OUT.
UH, IT WAS HARDER TO FIND JUDGES THAN PARTICIPANTS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME, UH, STATS WITH Y'ALL, IF I COULD.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY? SO THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT WE PUT ON, UH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, EVERY YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO GROW IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO COMMISSIONER GOODMAN'S POINT, I MEAN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FAST.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DID A TWO DAY EVENT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING A FOUR DAY EVENT.
SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
WE'VE NEVER DONE AN EVENT OF THIS SIZE IN SAN BENITO'S HISTORY.
SO, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THINGS ARE GOING, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE STAFF, ROY GARCIA AND, AND, AND THE FOLKS WORKING WITH HIM, THE EDC, MARIO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STAFF, EDWARD GANA.
UH, IT'S BEEN A REAL BIG TEAM EFFORT.
UM, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED AT THIS POINT.
A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF STATS FOR Y'ALL.
FOOD VENDORS AND ARTISANS WE'RE AT, UH, $12,100 TO, TO DATE.
UH, RANDY ROGERS PRESALE TICKETS ARE AT 35,000.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SAT, ALL THE SATURDAY STUFF, THOSE M AND S THAT'S AT 12,000.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE PAID ALREADY AS WE SPEAK.
AND THEN THIS IS THE BIG ONE, SPONSORSHIPS.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE $74,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS.
SO THAT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO WHAT, UM, TO WHAT THE STAFF IS DOING, WHAT YOU ALL ARE ALLOWING US TO DO.
AND I THINK, UH, I WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING THIS LEAP WITH US BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF EVENTS ARE, ARE SCARY.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME WEATHER ISSUES, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD INSURANCE THANKS TO DEANNA AND ROY.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UH, FULLY INSURED.
SO, UM, I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS WITH WITH THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO, I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COVERED IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT THE BIG THING IS THE WINNERS HERE ARE THE CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST, UH, TAKEAWAY FROM ALL OF THIS IS THAT THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT EVER.
UH, WE WANT THE CITIZENS TO ENJOY IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS AND A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UH, AND THIS IS FOR THEM, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, A REGIONAL DRAW FOR FOLKS AROUND THE VALLEY AND A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE UPPER VALLEY TO COME IN.
WE WANT TO GROW THIS TO MAKE IT AN EVENT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE MEASURING ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UH, PARAMETERS OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS COMING IN.
WE'VE GOT PLACER AI THAT'LL SHOW US WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, HOW LONG THEY STAYED, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE TO SOME EXTENT.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK SOME OF THEIR SPENDING.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE TOO, IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA DO ONCE THEY'RE, ONCE THEY'RE GONE.
AND, UH, THE, THE REAL HOPE IS WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD RETAIL POWER CENTER, LIKE WE WANT TO DO THERE, UH, HAVE THIS, UH, MUSIC VENUE AS OUR, AS OUR ANCHOR, WHICH IS, AGAIN, EVERYBODY'S DYING TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE IT SOONER THAN LATER.
UH, IT'S GONNA START THE BALL ROLLING.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, OBVIOUSLY HOTELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ALL OF THIS COMING TOGETHER, THIS IS THE PERFECT, THE PERFECT KICKOFF FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE ANNOUNCING, AND WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE PRE GROUNDBREAKING, I GUESS FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR AMPHITHEATER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, COMMERCIALS RUNNING ALL NIGHT SO FOLKS CAN SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO AND HOW THAT'S GONNA, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
WELL, WITH THE RETAIL CENTER THAT WE'RE, WE WE'RE DEVELOPING AROUND IT.
SO AGAIN, FOLKS, I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, ROY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL SETTING UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GROWING THIS EVENT, WE'RE GROWING THE FRANCHISE, AND WE'RE GONNA GROW THIS FRANCHISE HERE.
I, I JUST WANT TO ADD JUST A QUICK COMMENT YES.
IT, IT DESERVES THAT APPLAUSE.
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ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH WE WOULD BE DOING HERE, IS MEASURING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE EVENTS.A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT, OKAY, JUST BECAUSE YOU SPEND THE MONEY IN THE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN, THAT YOU GOTTA MAKE MONEY OFF THE EVENTS.
WELL, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO BE MADE THAN JUST MONEY OFF THE EVENT.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, MEANING PEOPLE COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GOING TO THE SHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND SPENDING MONEY WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
THERE'S A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT COMES AS A RESULT OF THESE THINGS.
AND WE WILL BE MEASURING THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW AT, UH, WE WANNA SHOW OFF.
UH, MR. MANUELE, COME OVER HERE.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU, MAN? THANK YOU.
THAT STUFF'S GETTING IN THE WAY.
ENGLISH, SPANISH IN SPANISH, ENGLISH.
UH, MY NAME IS MANEL RODRIGUEZ.
UH, KEEP AWAY FROM TROUBLE, UH, UH, AREA GOLDEN GLOVES, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONALS, AND WE WON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE KIDS WE HAVE, UH, LUIS.
HE'S GONNA COMPETE IN NO TIME.
AND, UH, WE HAVE JESSE, HE, UH, WON A BE WE HAVE, UH, RUBEN, UH, GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE HAVE, UH, AND WE COME AND PICK US.
UH, HE IS, UH, UH, HE WON A GOLDEN GLOVES AND, UH, HE, UH, GOT A SECOND PLACE IN STATE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE NIKKI CONTRERA.
SHE COMES ALL THE WAY FROM EDCO.
UH, SHE IS A NATIONAL CHAMPION AND, UH, SHE WON A BELT.
SO, UH, AND, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE HERE AT SANTO AND WE'RE PLANNING TO STAY HERE IN SANTO AND WE WELCOME HERE, HERE TOO.
BOTTOM LINE IS, DON'T MESS WITH YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR DON'T MESS WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
WROTE, UH, NEXT TO, WE GOT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY, ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NONE SIR.
YOU WANT YOUR COMMISSION? UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO INTO
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EXHIBIT SESSION.SO COUNSEL CAN, UH, I'D LIKE TO GO INTO EXHIBIT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IN MY OPINION, THE ITEMS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED, OKAY.
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FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE'RE BACK FROM AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[PRESENTATION(S)]
GOT THE PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE THE, UH, DEPUTY PRESENTATION OF OUR KP KPIS, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR FIRST QUARTER.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, FINANCIALS AFTER THAT FOR FIRST QUARTER, AND THEN THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR FIRST QUARTER.
SO, UM, JUST BEAR IN MIND THAT THESE KPIS ARE GONNA BE THE BASIS FOR, UH, THE MAYOR, STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
AND WE'RE, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THE, THE, THE AV THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, THE AUDIO VISUAL STUFF.
UH, BUT THAT IS COMING, UH, COMMISSIONER GOODMAN AND MAYOR.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
STEPHANIE SANANDA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
SO, UM, THIS AFTERNOON I'M PRESENTING TO YOU THE FIRST QUARTER FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER OF 2024 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 24, 25.
STARTING OFF WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS ONE, UM, JUST KEEP IN MIND, WE STARTING OUR METRICS SINCE LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, WHAT WE DID HERE, IT'S, WE SPLIT IT IN FOUR QUARTERS, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE YEAR DIVIDED BY FOUR.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GONNA HAVE ACTUAL MONTHS TO COMPARE TO EVERY THREE MONTHS, COMPARABLE TO THE PAST THREE MONTHS VERSUS THIS ONE, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF THE PAST YEAR, UH, VERSUS OUR LATEST THREE MONTHS FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER.
SO ON THIS, UH, SCREEN, YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY HIRES WE HAD, HOW MANY TERMINATIONS EVENTS, AND HOW MANY EVENTS FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE DO HAVE OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE LIBRARY VISITS, THE PROGRAMS, HOW MANY ATTENDANCE ON THE PROGRAMS, HOW MANY NEW CARTS WE ISSUED, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON THIS, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S, UM, IT'S FAIR TO MENTION THAT, UH, WE'RE COMPARING AGAIN, THE FULL YEAR VERSUS THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.
AND WE USUALLY, ALL THE EVENTS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COME ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS LIKE FROM OCTOBER STARTING, UM, HALLOWEEN MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY COMPARABLE ONE MONTH TO ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN CANNOT SEE IT LIKE THAT.
WE ARE, UH, LIBRARY HAS BEEN USING DIGITAL RESOURCES MORE.
UM, WHEN YOU, LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU COULD SEE WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, UM, THAT IT'S INCREASING FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY.
OKAY, THIS ONE, THE SCREEN KIND OF DIDN'T HELP, BUT THIS IS OUR CULTURAL ARTS.
WE HAD THREE EXHIBITIONS, EIGHT EVENTS, 361 ATTENDANCE, AND 483 VISITORS.
UH, WE HAD THE MAIN KEY EVENTS ON THIS PAST THREE MONTHS.
THE CHAMBER MIXER,
UH, WE HAD A TCQ CONFERENCE, UH, REGIONAL IDENTITY TIKA AND THE FRED DEFENDER EXHIBIT.
WE DID, UH, IMPACT IT AND WE GET A, GOT A FACEBOOK GROWTH OF 31,683 VIEWS, AND WE REACH OVER 11,420 FROM OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE THE COM, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN, OR LAST QUARTER PER SE VERSUS THIS ONE FROM SUBDIVISION REVIEWS, UH, RECORDED PLATS TO, UM, SET VARIANCES AND VERIFICATION LETTERS.
UM, ON THE BOTTOM TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN REVIEWED BY YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM,
SO FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THOSE SIX SUBDIVISIONS.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A COMPARISON FROM THE LAST THREE MONTHS TO THOSE THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND HOW MANY, WE, WE DID A LOT NOTICES ON THIS ONE.
I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BARELY CAME IN PLACE.
SO THERE WERE A LOT THAT NEEDED TO BE SENT OUT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO SEE A DIFFERENCE.
WHERE WE HAD FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, UH, FOR 114 VERSUS 1 0 6, NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY WERE SHORT ON THEM, BUT THEY WERE, THAT WAS LIKE THE CATCH UP FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, UH, FOR THAT YEAR
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OR BUILDING PERMITS.UM, TOTAL FEES COLLECTED FOR THE THREE, UM, THE LAST THREE MONTHS, 77,859 WITH 75 GARAGE SALES FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
257 PLAN REVIEWS PROCESSED, LIKE COMPLETELY FINISHED, UH, 78 INSPECTION CONDUCTED, UH, 368 AND FIELD CONSULTATIONS FIVE.
SO IN THIS ONE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE ARE COLLECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FEES THAN THE, THE PAST QUARTER OR THE PAST YEAR.
UM, SUMMARY, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
UM, THEY'RE STILL KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF OUR BUIL BUILDINGS.
AND YOU SEE THE LISTING THERE.
UM, THEY DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR FACILITIES.
THEY PAINTED, UH, THE TWO MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ALONG WITH SOME OFFICES.
UM, THEY FIXED OUR AMPHITHEATER.
UM, THEY ADDED THE TINTED WINDOWS HERE UP FRONT, AND THEY, UM, AND REPLACE THE GENERATORS, OF COURSE, WITH A LOT OF CITY STAFF HELPED.
NOT TO MENTION MR. AL LESKI WAS THE ONE LEADING THAT PROJECT.
THOSE PROJECTS, THERE ARE A LOT OF GENERATORS THAT HE STARTED REPLACING, BUT THIS PAST THREE MONTHS, THOSE WERE THE MAIN FOCUS, FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORK STREETS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CAN REALLY DO A LOT OF STATS ON IT, ASIDE FROM HOW MANY, UM, MILES OF ROAD.
BUT THEY DID, THEY DO DO SOME, UM, REPAIRS TO THE STREETS OTHER THAN LIKE MILES TO COUNT.
SO THIS ONE, IT'S UM, JUST KINDA LIKE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING EACH MONTH FROM, UM, CONCRETE POURING ON SIDEWALKS TO ADDING SPEED HUMPS TO REMOVING SCRAP, UH, GRASS AND CURVES AND DOING ALL, ALL WHAT THEY DO ASIDE FROM JUST ADDING AND ADDING, UH, NEW STREET, UH, MILES.
SO THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREA THEY'RE, THEY, THEY WERE ADDRESSING FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, OR STORM WATER DEPARTMENT.
UM, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL AND COMM COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, UH, HOW MANY TRAININGS WERE ATTEND AND HOW MUCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND THIS ONE I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A LOT THAT FOR THE PAST YEAR THEY HAD ZERO COMMUNITY OUTREACH VERSUS THIS PAST THREE MONTHS THEY DID TOO ALREADY.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT TELLS A LOT THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED ON THIS, THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
FOLLOWED BY THAT WE HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT.
UM, THIS ONE, AGAIN, WE ALSO GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE COMPARING THE WHOLE YEAR, UH, SUMMARY VERSUS THE LAST, UM, THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
SO, UM, ON THIS ONE, YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY CITATIONS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN.
SO IF YOU SEE ON THIS ONE, CITATIONS FOR AS AN AVERAGE EVERY 30 MONTHS FOR LAST YEAR WERE 782 VERSUS RIGHT NOW OF 2092.
UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, IT'S KINDA LIKE STAYING THE SAME, BUT, OR TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HAVE 148,735 WITH 93 ON YOUR RIGHT.
THIS KINDA LIKE SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING THAT INVOLVES IN PART OF OUR FINANCIALS, BUT ALSO WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT WE DO.
AND WHAT, HOW WE COLLECT THOSE FEES AND HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS ONE KINDA WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY DO KEEP STACKS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, MONTH TO MONTH.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO ON THIS ONE IT IS COMPARABLE.
WE CAN COMPARE FROM OCTOBER, DECEMBER, 2023 TO OCTOBER TO DECEMBER OF 2024.
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AT SOME POINT ARE GONNA, ARE GOING TO GET THERE.
IT'S JUST THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO, TO BE KEEPING UP WITH HIS STATS FROM CALLS OF SERVICE TO INCIDENT REPORT TO ARRESTS, TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, CITATIONS GIVEN.
MS. STEPHANIE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ARE THESE CONVICTIONS OR ARE THESE JUST THE WAY THEY DOCUMENT THE REPORT? I THINK MR. PERRA CAN ANSWER IT TO THAT QUESTION BETTER.
ARE THESE CONVICTIONS OR ARE THEY JUST THE WAY YOU DOCUMENT.
PLEASE, CHIEF MARIA FOR THE RECORD.
OH, WHICH, ON WHICH CONVICTIONS? ON THE CITATIONS OR THE, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS DATA HERE, UM, THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE.
I'D HAVE TO GET WITH THE COURT OFF IF THOSE ARE CITATION, THE CITATIONS, WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHARGED 'EM COURT FEES OR THEY WENT TO TRIAL AND WERE FOUND GUILTY OR I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
THIS JUST IS ABOUT ARREST MOSTLY, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 'EM ARE INDEX CRIMES.
THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, IS, IS A LITTLE MORE, UH, THOROUGH AS FAR AS KEEPING, UH, STATS THAN OUR OLD SYSTEM.
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SYSTEM IN 2018.AND THE ONE Y'ALL APPROVED FOR US TO PURCHASE IS GONNA BE A LITTLE, IT'S GONNA CHANGE A LOT.
THE NEXT ONE THAT WE, WE COME UP WITH, BUT THAT'S MORE KIND OF, OF THE INDEX CRIMES ON THE, ON THE UCR THAT I COULD PULL FROM THE OLD SYSTEM.
AND, UH, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, THE ARREST, UH, THEY DROPPED 7%, BUT ONCE WE SEND THEM TO THE DA'S OFFICE OR THEY GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA, BUT, BUT WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CALLS ARE DOWN 40%.
I KNOW, UH, STEPHANIE, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ON THE, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? I KNOW THIS IS ON THE, UH, WEBPAGE, RIGHT? YES.
THIS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBPAGE FOR THE AGENDA.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, PLEASE.
STEPHANIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THIS.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LATER ON, BUT MAYBE I'LL GET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
THANKS FOR THE COMPILING THE DATA.
IS THAT ALL OF IT THERE? MORE TO HAVE FEW WAS TO GET THE, UH, FINANCIALS.
SO ON QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2024, UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ASSETS COMPARABLE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
SO FROM LAST YEAR, UH, DECEMBER, 2023, WE HAD 22,244,665 TO THIS YEAR, 23,439,598.
SO ABOUT A MILLION, A MILLION DOLLARS DIFFERENT 1.2 DIFFERENCE.
SO TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE.
WE HAVE, AS MENTIONED FROM LAST YEAR, 22,244,665 COMPARED TO, OR, UM, CURRENT FUND BALANCE AND LIABILITY FOR THE YEAR OF 23 MILLION 439 598.
THIS INCLUDES OR NON EXPENDABLE RESTRICTED, UM, ASIDE, SET ASIDE FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT CITY PROJECT STAYS UNDER RESERVE.
UM, FROM ON THIS LAST PAGE, OH, THERE YOU GO.
UNASSIGNED FUNDS, I SEE 11.9 MILLION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN LIKE THE, THE, THAT DESCRIP THAT LARGE GAP THERE? SO IN THE PAST, UM, WE UPDATED OUR FINANCIALS IN A WAY IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.
'CAUSE IF YOU PLACE EVERYTHING ON SIGN, IT'S NECESSARY NOT GIVING YOU THE ASSIGN, BUT ALL YOUR FUNDS ASSIGNED TO CITY USES.
IN THIS CASE, UH, BECAUSE WE STARTED ASSIGNING SEVERAL MONIES TO BUYING, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED FOR.
WE STARTED DOING IT PRIOR GUESS, BUT WE, EVERYTHING WAS PUT IN ON A SIGN.
SO THIS IS JUST A BETTER IMAGE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE VERSUS WHAT WHAT WE ARE ASSIGNING AS A FACT.
LIKE OKAY, WE ARE ASSIGNING 200,000 IN A YEARLY BASIS TO UPDATE ANY EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY MIGHT NEED.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE USED, BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW IT'S THERE AVAILABLE IN A YEARLY BASIS.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR THAT VERSUS PUTTING EVERYTHING ASSIGNED AND JUST NOT ALLOWING A LOT OF ROOM FOR DO OTHER DUE DILIGENCES WITH THE MONEY.
SO, BUT IF YOU SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S UNASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED IS, IT'S THE SAME THING.
IT WAS JUST SPLIT IT DIFFERENTLY.
SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE FUND BALANCE IS HEALTHIER THAN LAST YEAR.
IT IS ABOUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL LOOK AT YOUR LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCING.
HOWEVER, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT WE RECEIVE OUR PROPERTY TAXES FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S THE, A REFLECTION OF THAT.
WE HAVEN'T MADE THE EXPENSES FOR A FULL YEAR, WHICH HAS MADE EXPENSES FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO, OR FUND BALANCE LOOKS, HEY, ALL THIS REVENUES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE COLLECTED.
UM, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE PROPERTY TAXES FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER MAINLY.
MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE OUR REVENUES, UM, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, WHICH IS FOR THE, FOR THE THREE MONTHS WE HAVE 7,494,000 132 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF 6,967,396.
THERE IS LIKE A $500,000 DIFFERENCE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR FOR WHAT IT WAS COLLECTED.
MAINLY IF YOU PAY CLOSE, CLOSE ATTENTIONS COMING FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
SO FOLLOWED BY THAT, WE HAVE OUR EXPENSES FOR THE THREE, FOR THE THREE MONTHS WE'LL BE GOING ON ON THIS FISCAL YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENSES, UH, FOR THIS YEAR IT'S 3,724,000.
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UH, 817 REVENUES OVER EXPENSES.UH, FOR THIS QUARTER IT'S 3,769,315.
WE RECEIVE OR OUR PAYING SOURCE OF REVENUES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S REFLECTING THERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE OUR SALES TAX YEARLY COMPARISON ON PAGE NUMBER SIX.
THIS ARE THE SALES TAX COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
UM, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, I DO SEE A DECREASE OF 0.23%.
IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT JUST CAN BE THE FILING PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT WE CAN SEE A CHARGE FOR IN THE ORANGE ONE, KIND OF LIKE GOING, GOING SLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE IT STRAIGHT FROM THE CONTROLLERS.
THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR NOVEMBER, AGAIN, IT'S TWO DAYS, TWO MONTHS BEHIND FOR HOTEL, MOTEL, UH, BALANCE SHEET.
UH, JUST RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE HOTEL MOTEL BOARD.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, CURRENT ASSETS OF 807,486.
MS. STEPHANIE, DOES THIS BALANCE SHEET SHOW ANYWHERE IF THERE'S ANY OUTSTANDING, WHERE WOULD IT SHOW OUTSTANDING? LIKE IF ANYBODY I GUESS WAS DELINQUENT TO PAY? NO, THIS, THIS WOULDN'T SHOW.
YOU WILL HAVE TO GET LIKE THE REPORT OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S, THAT DIDN'T PAY AT, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'VE BEEN PAYING 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING AT IT, GIVING THEM CALLS.
SO, AND THEY PAY QUARTERLY TOO.
IF THEY PAY, THEY PAY US EVERY THREE MONTHS.
SO AT THAT TIME IT, THEY, I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL CURRENT.
IS THERE ANY LATE CHARGES OR INTEREST THAT CAN BE TACKED ON? WE, THERE'S NOTHING SENTENCED.
THERE'S NOTHING SET FOR US TO CHARGE LATE FEES.
UM, YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE THAT SHOWS US WHAT'S OUTSTANDING.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A DEBT THAT HAS TO BE SATISFIED.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HOTEL MOTEL TAX? YEAH.
IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S, THAT DIDN'T PAY, UM, DELINQUENT BEHIND.
BUT, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY AND THE HOTEL COMMITTEE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE YOUR AIRBNBS AND OTHERS OUT THERE WHO ARE NOT PAYING ANY TAXES RIGHT NOW THAT WE GOTTA GO AFTER.
SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE STILL MISSING.
SO THE STATE OF TEXAS TAKES THOSE AUTOMATICALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE, WELL NO IT DOESN'T.
UH, BEING IN THE BUSINESS, I UNDERSTAND IT.
THEY, I WENT AND CHECKED OUR, SOME OF THE LOCAL AIRBNBS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE PAYING A STATE 6% TAX, BUT THEY'RE NOT PAYING OUR, OUR TAX.
THE, SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THE STATE TAKES IT AUTOMATICALLY.
'CAUSE THAT WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE.
EVERY SINGLE TAXING ENTITY LIKE THE CAMERON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SANTO WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH AIRBNB.
WELL, I, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE, WHICH YES, WE'RE, THERE'S LEAKAGE THERE IF WE GO THAT ROUTE.
BUT I MEAN, ON THE ISLAND WHERE I DO, I MEAN I, I COLLECT ALL THE TAXES DIRECTLY TO ME AND I PAY 'EM ALL BECAUSE THAT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTH PADRE AND AIRBNB.
SO, BUT IF WE, WE, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT THERE YEAH, THERE'S, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEM, IT'S VRBO AS WELL.
IT'S ANY OTHER PLACE THAT THEY, THEY OPERATE AND THEY MARKET THAT WE HAVE TO DO THEY, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A NIGHTMARE FOR INDIVIDUALS DOING IT.
AND THEY, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT YES, THOSE ARE NOT BEING PAID RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE ARE NOT COLLECTING ANY OF THAT.
WE CAN ADD LIKE, A LITTLE SMALL LIST OF WHO HAS PAID, WHO HASN'T PAID, IF THAT, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO ON THIS SPECIFIC SHEET.
I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW FAR BEHIND WE ARE.
TO TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
BUT YOU CAN PULL IT FROM THE COMPTROLLERS, I'M SURE.
SO, UM, ON THIS ONE WE HAVE HOW MANY, HOW MUCH REVENUE WE COLLECTED FOR THE QUARTERLY, UM, AND HOW MUCH EXPENSES WE MADE.
UH, NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, NEGATIVE 10,202.
NOT A LOT OF EXPENSES COME OUT OF IT.
UM, THAT ONE IT DOES BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STAFF TO OUR CULTURAL ARTS VISITOR CENTER SLASH VISITOR CENTER.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE REFLECT THERE.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FINANCIALS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE ON THE DETAILED SHEET MAYOR, IF I MAY.
IT WAS THE, THE CDS, THE MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS.
THEY ALL LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD EXPIRED.
AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT, RIGHT? PROBABLY.
OH, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT NOW.
NO, I'M SORRY I HAD TOO MANY PRESENTATIONS.
I MEAN, THIS IS HOW EVERY QUARTER IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
'CAUSE I NEED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF THE THREE QUARTERS COMING.
SO, UM, NEXT WE HAVE OUR INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AGAIN STARTING OCTOBER AND THEN DECEMBER FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25.
AND THIS ONE, UM, TRY TO MAKE IT AS SUMMARIZED AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THE QUARTERLY INTEREST INCOME COLLECTED, IT'S 524,998,
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UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, FOLLOWED BY THAT.AND THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU HAD QUESTIONS ON.
SO IF YOU SEE A MONEY MARKETS ACCOUNT AND, AND CASH EQUIVALENTS MONEY, UM, THEY'RE NOT EXPIRED.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT THEY'RE MONTH TO MONTH.
SO EVERY MONTH IT, IT CHANGES TO THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
THE ONES ON THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU SIT, WHERE YOU SEE EAST, WEST CD, THEY SAY IT'S SET TO EXPIRED ON, UM, JUNE 11TH, 2025.
UM, THAT IS A SET DAY FOR EXPIRATION.
SO WHEN THE TIME COMES, WE'LL GO OUT FOR SOLID CITATIONS AND WE DECIDE WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE MONEY ON.
THIS ONES, THEY'RE NOT TIGHT, THEY'RE JUST MONTH, MONTH TO MONTH.
SO AT ANY TIME WE CAN, WE CAN PULL IT OUT.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE SETTLEMENT DAY, IT'S THE DAY BEFORE, LIKE THE, I'M SORRY, THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT CHANGES EVERY MONTH.
AND YOU COULD SEE THE PORTFOLIO COMPARISON THE WAY WE HAD IT IN THE PAST VERSUS WHAT WE HAD IT NOW.
SO WE HAVE 14% IN CITIES SECURITIES AND, UH, MANY MARKET ACCOUNTS JUST BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN MAKING SENSE, UM, BECAUSE OF, OR CHANGES IN THE MARKET.
UM, IT WASN'T SMART TO PULL THEM OUT AT THE TIME.
UH, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN INVEST SOME OF THOSE MONEY MARKETS ACCOUNTS, UH, WITH MUST UPDATED CHANGES THAT WERE GONNA FORESEE IN OUR DEPOSITORY BANKING AND SEE IF THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA START DOING.
BECAUSE REMEMBER PUTTING IN A CD, IT'S LOCKING UPPER MONEY.
AND OVER HERE YOU SEE THE BOOK MARKET VERSUS, UH, THE BOOK VERSUS MARKET COMPARISON.
AND IF YOU SEE DECREASES ON THE BOTTOM VERSUS INCREASES, WE LEFT IT THERE.
HOWEVER, THE INTEREST RATE CHANGE, BUT THAT WAS OUR BEST OPTION RIGHT THERE IN EAST WEST BANK FOR THE CD.
SO IT WENT FROM A 5.23 TO A FOUR POINT 34 MIGHT NOT SEEM A LOT, BUT IT, IT DID IMPACT US THAT 1%.
BUT AGAIN, EAST WEST WAS THE ONE OFFERING THE BEST OPTION AND THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE IT TRANSFER, ITS WITHIN THE SAME BANK.
AND IT WAS IN, WE JUST LOCKED IT UP FOR SIX MONTHS I BELIEVE.
BUT UM, YOU SAID THE ONES ABOVE THAT ARE TEXAS REGIONAL BANK IS MONTH TO MONTH.
WHY COULDN'T WE JUST MOVE THE MONEY IN THERE? THOSE ARE HIGHER RATES AND THEN IT A SHORTER TERM.
THE, AND IT, WELL, THEY WOULD DO THREE, SIX MONTHS.
BUT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN TEXAS REGIONAL BANK, IT'S A LIQUID OF MONEY.
SO WE USE IT TO PAY TO DO MAYBE IT'S SMART TO PUT LIKE A PORTION THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD PUT ALL OF IT, RIGHT? NO, BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU SET IT UP FOR A CD UHHUH, BECAUSE EAST WEST OFFERED THAT RATE BECAUSE IT'S A CD, YOU HAVE IT LOCKED, SO YOU CANNOT PULL THE MONEY OUT OF IT.
YOU CANNOT PULL THOSE FIVE AND THAT 1 MILLION FROM IT.
BUT TEXAS REGIONAL BANK HAS A HIGHER RATE AND IT'S MONTH TO MONTH AND IT'S LIQUID AND I CAN PULL IT OUT WHENEVER AND IT'S A HIGHER RATE.
BUT IF THE, BUT IF THE INTEREST WILL WERE TO GO LOWER AND, AND MONTH TO MONTH, THEN YOU HAVE SAVE 4.34 FOR SIX MONTHS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS SMART TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY BECAUSE I MEAN, REVENUE AID IS INTEREST.
IT'S A GOOD, SO I GUESS THIS GOES BACK TO THE NEW INVESTMENT CONSULTANT, RIGHT? WE SIGNED ONE, YES.
SO IS THIS THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'RE HAVING? THEY DON'T EXPECT YIELDS TO GO UP.
THEY, NOBODY EXPECTS YIELDS TO GO UP.
THEY'RE SLOWLY GOING, GOING DOWN, GOING DOWN.
SO YOU'RE LOCKING THEM WHILE YOU CAN.
UM, SO FROM GOING TO A CD, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT IT WAS EVERY, LIKE FROM 3.7 ALL THE WAY TO THIS ONE, 4.34.
THAT SEEMED LIKE THE BEST OPTION.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO PULL ALL YOUR MONEY AVAILABLE EITHER.
IS THIS BOOK STILL WITH A PREVIOUS IN INVESTMENT CONSULTANT? THIS IS THE LAST, UH, THE LAST ONE THEY DID THE LAST, THE LAST REPORT THEY DID THE MONEY IT ALWAYS WITH US.
SO THEN THE NEW ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE NEW INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS COULD COME IN AND PROVIDE HELP YOU WITH THE PRESENTATION.
SURE, YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY TELL THEM THAT.
I DID MEET WITH THEM, BUT THIS, UH, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER, SO VALLEY VIEW AT THE TIME HAD TO FINISH THIS LAST PRESENTATION.
BUT WHENEVER THIS QUARTER FINISHED, I GUESS WE CAN SEE AND MAYBE WE CAN, MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT.
'CAUSE I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ALL THE MONEY BECAUSE THEN THAT PUTS US LIKE, WHAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN? WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, BUT A A DIFFERENT SORT OF, UM, CHANGES IN INVESTMENT IF YOU LIKE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MY SUGGESTION, NOBODY LIKES CRYPTO, SO LET'S CONTINUE.
UH, AND THIS ONE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL THE ACCOUNTS WE HAVE AND HOW WE HAVE THEM SEPARATE 'EM, SPLIT 'EM.
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GREAT.OKAY, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)]
AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, NINE.SO, UH, WE HAVE THESE ITEMS TAKEN IN ONE ACTION.
ONE ACTION BY THE BOARD, UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ONE OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OKAY, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.
ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES FOR ALL NINE.
[1. Discussion and action on ancillary legal services.]
FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.WE HAVE ONE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON ANCILLARY LEGAL SERVICES.
UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, AWARDING THE PROPOSAL OR THE, I GUESS THE, THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, LAW FIRM OF O'HANLAN, DERA AND CASTILLO, UH, FOR PROSECUTOR, TPIA REQUESTS AND SUCH.
UM, THAT AMOUNT IS, UH, 62 50 A MONTH AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LAW FIRM HERE.
DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU WALK FROM THE BACK.
THAT'S IT'S, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WITH, UH, O'HANLAN DE I THINK CASTILE.
UH, FIRST OFF, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING, UH, THIS DECISION TONIGHT.
IT DEFINITELY SHOWS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOU'VE HIRED, UM, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST LAW FIRMS, UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO SPECIALIZES IN REPRESENTING, UH, PUBLIC ENTITY.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED, UH, IN THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ENSUE.
AND, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GUIDE YOU OUT THROUGH SOME OF THE LEGAL COMPLE, UH, COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES, UM, THAT SAN BERNARDINO FACES.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU ALL AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
YEAH, WE ALREADY, I THINK WE ALREADY VOTED RIGHT? UH,
[1. Consideration and possible action to appoint members to the Building Standards and Renewal Board.]
BOARD APPOINTMENTS CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS AND RENEWAL BOARD.I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE, SOME I DO.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, SOME MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE ANNA YEZ FOR ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE WILL DO IS, UH, WE WILL PUT AN OPEN REQUEST ON OUR WEB, ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER UNLESS, UH, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER MORALES HAS ANYBODY, BUT SO ES ANYONE ELSE? YES.
I'M RECOMMENDING, UH, JUAN ANTONIO MAYA JR.
WHO, UH, IS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL BE HIS ENTRANCE INTO WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, HE'S WANTS TO GET INVOLVED AND I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ON A BOARD LIKE THIS.
ANYONE ELSE? ARE WE NOT GONNA GO WITH, UM, THE QUALIFICATIONS OF SOMEWHERE IN THE BUILDING? ONE OF THE MEMBERS, ONE OF THE MEMBERS NEEDS TO BE THAT? YES.
AND, UH, MS. JAN? I THOUGHT IT WAS A MAJORITY.
UH, EDWARD RODRIGUEZ, UH, DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
I ASKED YOU GUYS IF TO PICK SOMEBODY WHO'S, UH, EXPERIENCED IN THAT FIELD, BUT ONE IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE BY STATE LAW, BY THE ORDINANCE.
AT LEAST ONE SHOULD BE QUALIFIED AS A CONTRACTOR.
I GOT, UH, MS. JANNI, UH, UH, SHE WAS, UH, A BANKER AND UNDERSTANDS THE, UH, THE LEGALITY OF IT.
AND ALSO, UH, WAS INVOLVED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING, WITH BUILDING THE, WITH BUILDING CONTRACTORS, UH, CONTRACTORS ALSO.
SO THEN ALL OF YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE ONE, ONE PERSON NAMED I THINK COMMISSIONER NOVARRO STILL DIDN'T HAVE, CAN, UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN I PICK A MEMBER THAT'S ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING OR A ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OR YOU PREFER NOT? I PREFER NOT.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN BOARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, AND I'M OKAY WITH IT GOING ONLINE, LIKE, UH, CITY MANAGER
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FRED SUGGESTED, AND THEN PEOPLE SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS, MEETING THE CRITERIA OF CORRECT.HAVING SOME BUILDING, DEALING WITH BUILDING ASPECT.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER NOVAR SAYS WHEN HE'S READY, HE'LL HAVE, HE HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND.
NOT QUITE TO TONIGHT, BUT YEAH.
AND THEY HAVE TO BE, UM, LIVING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
DOES THE ETJ WORK OR NO, IT HAS TO BE A CITY CITIZEN.
SO WE'VE GOT ES AND JUAN AYA JUNIOR.
NEED A MOTION? DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR MS. GIANNIS? DO I MAKE A MOTION FOR, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND IS, UH, MR. JUAN ANTONIO AMAYA MAYA JUNIOR? YES.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR HIM? SECOND.
MAYOR, I SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM GALVAN.
OKAY, BRING BACK THE REST LATER.
UM, AS WE GET SOME MORE APPLICANTS.
[ POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY ITEM(S) AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO WE'VE GOT CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION, IF ANY, RELATED TO PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO ONE PW PROJECT.
UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS DISCUSSED.
YEAH, I WOULD, UH, UH, MOTION TO, UH, PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOODMAN TO PROCEED AS A DISCUSSING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MAYOR.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, IF ANY, RELATED TO FUN AND SON RV RESORT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOTHING.
UM, TO THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE, UH, UH, WE DO HAVE A HOT WATER.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL, SO LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.